On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 08:06:08AM +0100, Matthias Kellermann wrote: > Michael W. Lucas schrieb: > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 04:42:40PM +0100, Matthias Kellermann wrote: > >> Hi list, > >> > >> anyone knows of a Nagios plugin to check the FreeBSD ports and base > >> system for updates? I'm searching for something like check_apt for > >> Debian/Ubuntu. > >> > >> One important thing is that I also want to monitor all the FreeBSD jails > >> for updates, too. Any help/hint appreciated :) > > > > None exists today. > > > > It should be fairly simple to write a NRPE wrapper around portmaster, > > however. > > > > I believe (but might be wrong) that net-snmp also has the ability to > > read the FreeBSD package database; you could run a snmpwalk on the > > target machine and compare that to a master package database. > > > > Good luck, and if you implement something be sure to let us know about it. > > Thanks for your answer Michael. I will see what I can do. If I have > found/implemented something useful I will let you know. > > BTW: Looking forward for your new book coming out these days. Hope it > will be released in Europe also on November 14th :)
The book physically exists, and is being shipped to stores now. You should be able to find it any day now. I really need to change my .sig... ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Coming Soon: "Absolute FreeBSD" -- http://www.AbsoluteFreeBSD.com On 5/4/2007, the TSA kept 3 pairs of my soiled undies "for security reasons." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null